After working all afternoon cleaning up the attic,Mr.Dixon is very thirsty and drinks a big glass of orange juice.His motivation to drink in order to reduce his feeling of thirst can best be explained by
A) the Yerkes-Dodson law.
B) drive-reduction theory.
C) incentive theories.
D) arousal theory.

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The drive-reduction theory suggests that motivation arises from the need to reduce internal drives such as hunger or thirst. In this scenario, Mr. Dixon's motivation to drink the orange juice is driven by his internal state of thirst, and the act of drinking serves to reduce that drive.

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